There's nothing confusing about it. Shields are designed to be faster than armor and removing the strafe speed restrictions further enhances that disparity. Its just that simple and somehow you're ignoring it.

High strafe speeds increase the importance of player skill as opposed to player SP.

High strafe speeds means a new player with low level gear can beat a high SP player if the new player has actual ability to aim and strafe at the SAME time, yes you can do both with DS3 just takes practice. It's why so many MAG players were in closed last summer and dominated the EVE players before they got KBM.

Slow strafe speeds means greater importance on SP because player with more HP/ DPS is likely to win. This hurts new player retention when they realize the brutal SP climb they have to make to compete.

With these strafe speeds I can put on militia gear and beat a player of lesser skill in proto gear. People complaining about pubstomping protobears should be happy.

I do agree about splash weapons they reduce the need for skill because you only have to aim near the enemy.

Try a dropsuit with ferroscale plates that have no movement penalty and damage mods and tell me you can't compete against a shield tanker who has to decide between shield extenders or damage mods.

CCP touches strafe speed I quit

You apparently don't know how hard it is to fit Ferroscale and Damage Mods and have ignored all of the complaints about the new plates to begin with. Further more, my dropsuit doesn't give me a bonus to Armor Plate efficiency, unlike your Caldari Logi and ANY assault suit which provide amazing shield bonuses.

Must be nice having 500+ HP and regenerate that fast.

CCP touches strafe speed I will quit

Lets fix aiming first before everyone goes rawr

Dustfiend= Dropship QQ master

Aeon Amadi= Evetard/ Fanboi complaining about dust still trying to sort that one out lol
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Have you ever tried the triage nanohives that repair armor at a ridiculous rate or playing with a legit logi that has a repair tool that does 105hp/s hell I have 112 armor but I use compact nanohives that repair armor and resupply and there are higher level versions that last longer. Quit complaining about shields base rep speed when you have access to equipment that repairs way faster but you neglect to use.

Hopefully you'll actually quit this time instead of QQing as always.

And the fact you have no idea who I am amuses me immensely.

Hmmm if you were good I would know you... or funny

Anyways, you seem to know me

I will when there is a high enough HP pool to utilize another player repairing effectively. And ill accept that argument when shields need another player to be effective. Your argument is vastly flawed and everyone that plays Dust knows it.

This game is obnoxious with higher strafe speeds and caters to twitch players as opposed to tactical ones. It doesn't say anything for personal skill, it just says that you predict better than others and can twitch your joystick left and right faster than others. It also buffs KBM / Shield users / and splash damage weapons.

It offers nothing of value to the game, and only serves to boost the ego of the few players who thrive in this type of environment.

We did away with DDR 514 a long time ago for a reason.

I'm curious too. I love how CCP patch notes never actually cover all the things that go into the patch

This is a direct buff to shield tankers and splash weapons like the flaylock.

Have you ever tried the triage nanohives that repair armor at a ridiculous rate or playing with a legit logi that has a repair tool that does 105hp/s, hell I have 112 armor but I use compact nanohives that repair armor and resupply and there are higher level versions that last longer. Quit complaining about shields base rep speed when you have access to equipment that repairs way faster but you neglect to use.

I certainly do, I just was unaware that teleporting was an FPS skill. My bad.

The mark of a skilled player should be how well he assesses his surroundings, sticks to cover, and approaches with the support of his squad, not how well he can do the square dance across the street